World of Outlaws:
Lanigan Runs the Table in WoO Return To N.Y.'s Rolling Wheels Raceway

Kevin
Kovac

ELBRIDGE, N.Y. - Aug. 19. Darrell Lanigan should have been handed a broom in Victory Lane after Thursday's
50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Rolling Wheels Raceway.

The 40-year-old star from Union, Ky., was simply perfect in the national tour's first visit to the
five-eighths-mile oval since 2005, sweeping the evening's action to run his season win total to a career-high five
and pull ever-closer to points leader Josh Richards in the chase for the $100,000 World of Outlaws
championship.

Lanigan set fast time, won a heat race and drew the pole position for the A-Main. Then he drove to a $10,600
triumph, dominating the headliner after inheriting the lead when Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y., ducked into the pit
area during a lap-11 caution period to replace his car's lost radiator cap.

No one seriously threatened Lanigan once he gained command, even with five of the race's eight caution
flags providing his rivals plenty of restart opportunities. He crossed the finish line 1.3 seconds ahead of York,
Pa.'s Rick Eckert, who hustled forward from the ninth starting spot in his Team Zero by Bloomquist machine.

Ricky Elliott of Seaford, Del., finished third in his second start of 2010 behind the wheel of the Super Duece
Racing Rocket car fielded by four partners from the Indianapolis area, including former Empire State resident Leo
Milus, and currently maintained by veteran DIRTcar big-block Modified mechanic Randy Kisacky of Johnson City,
N.Y.

Placing fourth was 11th-starter Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who registered his first top-five finish on
the tour since June 20 at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway.

The low-key Lanigan raved about his car and the Rolling Wheels track surface after his victory, which left him just
20 points behind Richards in his quest for a second WoO LMS title. Richards finished eighth after starting 22nd on
a trying night that saw him hastily jump into his backup car for time trials after damaging the nose of his primary
machine during hot laps, and then drop out of his heat because he again bent his mount's nosepiece.

Long time Big Block Modified foes Tim McCreadie and #19 Tim Fuller mix it up
before Fuller advances to a fourth place showing in New York.(Bill Moore Sr.)

"The car was awesome when we unloaded it tonight and it was awesome in the feature,"”said Lanigan, who recorded his
17th career win on the WoO LMS. "You couldn't ask for a better car. Vic got me there at the start, but I knew once
we got in the front we'd be alright because I could run my line."

Lanigan was confident that he had a car capable of overtaking Coffey for the lead if the 2008 WoO LMS
Rookie of the Year hadn't experienced a heartbreaking twist of fate after pacing laps 1-11 off the outside
pole.

"We were kind of playing there a little bit (behind Coffey) early in the race",” said Lanigan, who pushed his
series-leading 2010 earnings to over $160,000. "I guess I can't say for sure if I would've got him, but I know I
moved up to the top (groove) and the car was good there so I think we could've passed him if we had to.”

Coffey, 39, wasn't going to go down without a fight, however. He dearly wanted his first career WoO LMS win to come
at a track he's frequented with his DIRTcar big-block Modified.

"I felt really, really good in the line I was running," said Coffey, who realized his Sweeteners Plus car's
radiator cap had come off when steam began shooting onto his helmet shield during the lap-11 caution period. "A lot
could have happened still, but I think we would've been O.K. I think it would've been hard for anybody to pass
us".”

Coffey returned after his crew replaced his car's radiator cap and he rallied to finish 10th.

Eckert, 44, came on strong during the race's second half, passing Elliott for third on lap 36 and then inheriting
the runner-up spot on lap 42 when Shane Clanton slowed with a broken right-rear brake caliper. But he was unable to
mount a challenge on Lanigan after restarts on laps 42 and 46.

Elliott felt he had a second-place car, if not for his own slip that let Eckert get by. Nevertheless, he was
happy with a third-place finish in a car that is actually slated to be driven by former IRL and USAC racer Andy
Michener.

"I was using the brakes real hard early when I was trying to get by Clanton for second",”said Elliott, who started
seventh. "I didn't lose `em, but I overheated them and got some brake-pad fade. Then I was having to pump them, and
when you're trying to pump the brakes and hit that corner down (in turn one) perfect, it's tough. I ended up
overshooting it a couple times and Rick (Eckert) got me."

"It was driver error. The car would've run second if the driver didn't mess up down there. It was real good, one of
the best cars I've had in awhile. We kept adjusting and working on it and it came around in the feature.”

Among the contenders who ran into trouble was DIRTcar big-block Modified star Billy Decker of Unadilla, N.Y., who
relinquished fourth place on lap 15 when the right-rear tire blew on his Gypsum Express car. He returned after a
pit stop but only managed a 12th-place finish.